Alumni

In recent years a solid network of alumni has been developed within each School. These networks serve to strengthen co-operation and links amongst current participants and with previous participants. The Association of Schools of Political Studies plays an important role in supporting and sustaining the international Alumni community.

Getting involved in the alumni network

Alumni of the Schools are invited to register and create a profile on the ASPS website. You will have your own username and password to access the alumni database, where you can directly contact other alumni and search for them by year and by School.

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Alumni Spotlight

Many of the steadily growing number of alumni from the Schools of Political Studies go on to attain high-level positions, either in their own countries or internationally, and are in a position to act as multipliers for the values the Schools represent.

Some of the most successful of the Schools’ recent alumni include:

Mr Hrvoje MARUŠIĆ (2005, Croatia) Croatian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway Ms Maya MANOLOVA (2006, Bulgaria) National Ombudsman of Bulgaria Mr Edgar GHAZARYAN (2007, Armenia) Armenian Ambassador to the Republic of Poland Mr Aliaksandr ADAMIANTS (2007, Belarus) Director of the European College of Liberal Arts in Belarus Mr Ivica KOJIĆ (2007, Serbia) Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ms Eralda METHASANI-CANI (2008, Albania) Deputy Minister for European Integration Mr Ramadan ILAZI (2008, Kosovo) Deputy Minister of European Integration of Kosovo

Mr Peter SLAVOV (2009, Bulgaria) MP in the National Assembly; Deputy Head of the Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Nicolae CHIRTOACA (2008, Moldova) Former Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the United States of America

Ms Marija MILIC (2013, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Adviser to the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr Frane ŠESNIĆ (2014, Croatia) Director General of the Development Agency Zagreb

Ms Silvia MIHALCEA (2014, Romania) Director General of the National Office of Trade Registry Ms Annamária VICSEK (2014, Serbia) State Secretary for Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia

Ms Senida MESI (2016, Albania) Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Albania

Alumni Events

Alumni events provide a space for distinguished SPS alumni from more than twenty countries to debate on topical issues, as well as to brainstorm ideas for the development of the Schools’ Network, in particular its alumni dimension. The outcomes of discussions during the seminars are hoped to be of use to the participants in their respective professional or activist functions, as well as in informing the programme of upcoming editions of the World Forum for Democracy.

The most recent alumni seminars were held in Strasbourg and Sarajevo (see below). The alumni seminars have more recently evolved into the Civic Roundtable, launched in 2016. This continues the annual meeting of alumni and additionally invites participants from those countries where no School exists, in order to further enrich debate and the sharing of experiences. For more information on the Civic Roundtable, please visit its dedicated page.

2017 Civic Roundtable

July 2017, Strasbourg: “Forced Migration and Asylum: Dynamics and Policy Responses in Europe and its Neighbourhood.” Programme + Meeting report